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Kepware Guide
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Open your browser and navigate to: "https://IP_Data_Collector/". You can also use
the a4conf icon on the Data Collector desktop.
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Click "Data-Collector" within the main menu.
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Select "Kepware".
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The "Machine Serial" field allows you to enter a machine serial number and add it
to a list if required. This is useful if you are creating IoT gateways to send data to
ThingWorx since you can directly indicate the remote thing on which the tags
contained in that IoT Gateway are to be sent.
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Click the "Add" button to the right of the "Machine serial" field to add the serial
number to the serial number list.
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The "Create IoT Gateway" section allows you to create different types of IoT
Gateways. To learn more about this section, there are specific sections for each
type of Gateway you can create.
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Move to "Kepware configuration".
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You can "Download" or "Upload " the Kepware project as a JSON file.
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Click the "Load default project" button to load the latest a4GATE Kepware default
project released.
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If the load is successful, a banner will appear saying "Kepware default project
loaded successfully" and giving you the location of the Kepware project backup
was running before this action you performed.
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Click the "Reload" button to reload the Kepware runtime.
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Move to "License".
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Kepware mode is set by default to "Trial mode". When licence will be installed by
a4GATE team, you have to select the checkbox to change the Kepware mode to
"Licence mode".
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Move to "Machines Configured".
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This section contains all the information about Kepware channels. By clicking on a
channel, you can see its devices.
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By clicking on the different devices, you can view detailed information about the
connection to the device, such as the IP address, port number, connection status,
the driver type and the last timestamp the status of the connection has been
checked.
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Move to "Advanced Operations".
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This section allows you to create Complex Array Tags. This is used to group
multiple tags that need to be sent to the cloud into a single tag. Click 'Channels' to
select a Kepware Channel from the drop down list.
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None of the tags you want to group can be strings.
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Select the required channel from the drop-down menu.
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Click the "Next" button.
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Select the required device from the drop-down menu.
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Click the "Next" button.
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Click the "Start browsing" button to choose the tags from the selected Channel's
Device.
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Click on the little "arrow" on the left to expand the folder and tick all the tags (or
folders) you want to use.
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Click the ">" button bewteen "Channel" and "Complex Array", after you finished
choosing the tags (or folders) you need.
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Click the "Create complex array" button to complete the operation.
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When you create a complex array a special device is automatically created. You
can select it from the "CA Devices" drop-down menu to send them to the Data
Sender.
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Click the "Next" button.
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Tick the checkbox of the device chosen previously.
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Click the "greater than" button to move the selected device on the "Chosen" side.
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Click the "Next" button.
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From the "IoT Gateway enabled" drop down menu, select the IoT Gateway that
sends the data to Thingworx.
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Click the "Next" button.
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Click the "Add Tags" button to add the tag containing the complex array to the IoT
Gateway sending to Thingworx.
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Click on the “Finish” button and you will be given a green feedback message if
everything you have done is good.
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Click the "Apply" button to apply the new configurations.